Collector: Mrs. H. H. Bancroft / Culture or time period: Northern Northwest Coast cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Canoe model, accession number 2-8865, described as Wooden model of canoe painted blue and red. Prow ornamented with carved animal head and painted totemic figures. Stern ornamented with carved human face and totemic figures. Marked in ink: "Haidah Canoe, Queen Charlotte Islands, B. C. J. B. Swan, Port Townsend, W. T.

Hearst Museum object titled Fish carving, accession number 2-8872, described as Flat, carved, wooden figure of a fish, the whole decoration being on one side. which has a circular receptacle like a small bowl and also a carved bird. Ornamented in black, red, and blue.

Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-8867, described as Large, wooden, with elaborately painted totemic designs in red, black and blue. Marked in ink: "Spoon from Sitka, J. G. Swan.

Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.